Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Auction 1912 Major John Grey Baldwin

1912 Major John Grey Baldwin

with light soling from active use

maker marked on the reverse

the obverse engraved with the coat of arms of the Italian Republic

measuring 23 mm (w) x 22

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Auction 1912 Major John Grey Baldwin(Flak Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central Flak 88 with its barrel raised and extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a widely